CNG 111, Lot: 558. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Geta. AD 209-211. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.25 g, 12h). Struck AD 209-211. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1170 (this coin); Prieur & Amandry Group III, 44; McAlee, Severan Group 3, 36. Near EF, lightly toned. Extremely rare, only three known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex James Fox Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 40, 4 December 1996), lot 1590.